Steam Days

★ 0.0•1986•1 Seasons•ANIME

Documentary

Steam Days is a 1986 BBC 2 television documentary series written and presented by Miles Kington. Each episode is themed around the history of British steam locomotives and railways, particularly highlighting preserved locomotives operating at the time of its filming. The series consists of six half hour episodes. It aired on Public Television stations in the United States under the title Great Steam Trains.

Top Cast

Miles Kington

Episodes

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1. Travels with a Duchess

30m

A journey over the Settle to Carlisle Railway on Duchess of Hamilton. The presenter meets Kim Maylon, the Duchess's custodian at the National Railway Museum in York for the engine's preparation for its epic trip

Aired: 7/8/1986

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2. The Fishing Line

30m

Miles Kington takes a LMS Black Five from Fort William to Mallaig on the West Highland Line, examining Glenfinnan Viaduct and investigating the importance of kippers and dental drills to the construction of the line.

Aired: 7/15/1986